Texas City Plant Union Carbide

Brownfield

Texas City, Galveston, Texas · Union Carbide Corp-Texas City

Legacy capacity
40
MW

Texas City Plant Union Carbide is a natural gas plant in Texas City, Galveston, Texas, retired 2014-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 40 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.

Former use & capacity

Former usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity40 MW
Retirement date2014-10-01
EIA plant ID#50153

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.2 mi
OperatorUnion Carbide Corp-Texas City
Operator address3301 Fifth Avenue South, Texas City, TX, 77592
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas plant of this scale leaves behind a high-capacity grid interconnection that a new load can re-use, frequently shaving years off the interconnection queue. Retired-plant sites also tend to be already zoned for heavy industrial use with established road, rail, and water infrastructure.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Texas City Plant Union Carbide, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Texas City Plant Union Carbide
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
DEEPWATERSubstation-AdjacentTXHarris County345 kV600 MW3.4 yrs73.7
DEER PARK ENERGY CENTERSubstation-AdjacentTXHarris County345 kV600 MW3.4 yrs71.4
PH ROBINSONSubstation-AdjacentTXGalveston County345 kV600 MW3.4 yrs70.2
TAP305322Substation-AdjacentTXHarris County138 kV100 MW3.4 yrs68.6
HARRISBURGSubstation-AdjacentTXHarris County138 kV100 MW3.4 yrs68.2
TAP310677Substation-AdjacentTXGalveston County345 kV600 MW3.4 yrs68.2
TAP302748Substation-AdjacentTXBrazoria County345 kV600 MW3.4 yrs68.1
HALLSubstation-AdjacentTXHarris County138 kV100 MW3.4 yrs67.9

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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.

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